1991 World Championships in Athletics

Athletics competition in Tokyo, Japan 3rd World Championships in Athletics Tokyo IAAF 1991.jpg Tokyo, Japan 167 1517 August 23 – September 1, 1991 Emperor Akihito Olympic Stadium 1987 Rome 1993 Stuttgart The 3rd World Championships in Athletics (ja 1991年世界陸上競技選手権大会), under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1, 1991. 1,517 athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.iaaf.org - Osaka 2007 - History http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090312032624/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/history/index.html 2009-03-12 dead 2009-04-03 Japan hosted again the championship in 2007 in Osaka and Tokyo hosted the event again in 2025 in a new venue built at the same location. The event is best-remembered for the men's long jump competition, when Carl Lewis made the best six-jump series in history, only to be beaten by Mike Powell, whose 8.95 m ftin 2 on jump broke Bob Beamon's long-standing world record from the 1968 Summer Olympics. East and West Germany reunified into a single nation in 1990. As a result, this was the first global athletics championship since the 1964 Summer Olympics in which all German athletes competed as a single team. Men's results Track 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 100 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metresCarl Lewis USA9.86(WR)Leroy Burrell USA9.88(PB)Dennis Mitchell USA9.91(PB)200 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metresMichael Johnson USA20.01(CR)Frankie Fredericks NAM20.34Atlee Mahorn CAN20.49400 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metresAntonio Pettigrew USA44.57Roger Black GBR44.62Danny Everett USA44.63800 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metresBilly Konchellah KEN1:43.99José Luíz Barbosa BRA 19681:44.24Mark Everett USA1:44.671500 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metresNoureddine Morceli ALG3:32.84(CR)Wilfred Kirochi KEN3:34.84Hauke Fuhlbrügge GER3:35.285000 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metresYobes Ondieki KEN13:14.45(CR)Fita Bayisa ETH 199113:16.64Brahim Boutayeb MAR13:22.7010,000 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metresMoses Tanui KEN27:38.74Richard Chelimo KEN27:39.41Khalid Skah MAR27:41.74 Marathon1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's MarathonHiromi Taniguchi JPN2:14:57Hussein Ahmed Salah DJI2:15:26Steve Spence USA2:15:36110 m hurdles1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdlesGreg Foster USA13.06Jack Pierce USA13.06Tony Jarrett GBR13.25400 m hurdles1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdlesSamuel Matete ZAM47.64Winthrop Graham JAM47.74(NR)Kriss Akabusi GBR47.86(NR)3000 m st.1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechaseMoses Kiptanui KEN8:12.59 Patrick Sang KEN8:13.44Azzedine Brahmi ALG8:15.5420 km walk1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walkMaurizio Damilano ITA1:19:37(CR)Mikhail Shchennikov URS1:19:46Yevgeniy Misyulya URS1:20:2250 km walk1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walkAleksandr Potashov URS3:53:09Andrey Perlov URS3:53:09Hartwig Gauder GER3:55:144 × 100 m relay1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relayUSAAndre CasonLeroy BurrellDennis MitchellCarl LewisMichael Marsh*37.50(WR)FRAMax MorinièreDaniel SangoumaJean-Charles TrouabalBruno Marie-Rose37.87GBRTony JarrettJohn RegisDarren BraithwaiteLinford Christie38.09 4 × 400 m relay1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relayGBRRoger BlackDerek RedmondJohn RegisKriss AkabusiAde Mafe*Mark Richardson*2:57.53(AR)USAAndrew ValmonQuincy WattsDanny EverettAntonio PettigrewJeff Reynolds*Mark Everett*2:57.57JAMPatrick O'ConnorDevon MorrisWinthrop GrahamSeymour FaganHoward Burnett*3:00.10 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 Long jump1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jumpMike Powell USA8.95(WR)Carl Lewis USA8.91wLarry Myricks USA8.42Triple jump1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jumpKenny Harrison USA17.78Leonid Voloshin URS17.75Mike Conley USA17.62High jump1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jumpCharles Austin USA2.38(CR)Javier Sotomayor CUB2.36Hollis Conway USA2.36Pole vault1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vaultSergey Bubka URS5.95(CR)István Bagyula HUN5.90Maksim Tarasov URS5.85Shot put1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot putWerner Günthör SUI21.67Lars Arvid Nilsen NOR20.751Aleksandr Klimenko URS20.34Discus throw1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throwLars Riedel GER66.20Erik de Bruin NED65.82Attila Horváth HUN65.32Hammer throw1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's HammerYuriy Sedykh URS81.70Igor Astapkovich URS80.94Heinz Weis GER80.44Javelin throw1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throwKimmo Kinnunen FIN90.82Seppo Räty FIN88.12Uladzimir Sasimovich URS87.08Decathlon1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlonDan O'Brien USA8812(CR)Mike Smith CAN8549Christian Schenk GER8394 1 Georg Andersen of Norway originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for steroids.Track and Field. LA Times (1991-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-22. Women's results Track 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 100 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metresKatrin Krabbe GER10.99Gwen Torrence USA11.03Merlene Ottey JAM11.06200 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metresKatrin Krabbe GER22.09Gwen Torrence USA22.16Merlene Ottey JAM22.21400 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metresMarie-José Pérec FRA49.13Grit Breuer GER49.42Sandra Myers ESP49.78800 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metresLiliya Nurutdinova URS1:57.50Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB1:57.55Ella Kovacs ROU1:57.581500 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metresHassiba Boulmerka ALG4:02.21Tetyana Dorovskikh URS4:02.58Lyudmila Rogachova URS4:02.723000 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metresTetyana Dorovskikh URS8:35.82Yelena Romanova URS8:36.06Susan Sirma KEN8:39.41(AR)10,000 m1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metresLiz McColgan GBR31:14.31Zhong Huandi CHN31:35.08Wang Xiuting CHN31:35.99Marathon1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's MarathonWanda Panfil POL2:29:53Sachiko Yamashita JPN2:29:57Katrin Dörre GER2:30:10100 m hurdles1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdlesLudmila Narozhilenko URS12.59Gail Devers USA12.63Nataliya Grygoryeva URS12.69400 m hurdles1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdlesTatyana Ledovskaya URS53.11(CR)Sally Gunnell GBR53.16NRJaneene Vickers USA53.4710 km walk1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10 kilometres walkAlina Ivanova URS42:57(CR)Madelein Svensson SWE43:13Sari Essayah FIN43:13 4 × 100 m relay1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relayJAMDahlia DuhaneyJuliet CuthbertBeverly McDonaldMerlene OtteyMerlene Frazer*41.94(NR)URSNatalya KovtunGalina MalchuginaYelena VinogradovaIrina Privalova42.20GERGrit BreuerKatrin KrabbeSabine RichterHeike Drechsler42.334 × 400 m relay1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relayURSTatyana LedovskayaLyudmila DzhigalovaOlga NazarovaOlha BryzhinaAnna Chuprina*Tatyana Alekseyeva*3:18.43USARochelle StevensDiane DixonJearl MilesLillie LeatherwoodNatasha Kaiser-Brown*3:20.15GERUta RohländerKatrin KrabbeChristine WachtelGrit BreuerAnnett Hesselbarth*Katrin Schreiter*3:21.25 Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 Long jump1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jumpJackie Joyner-Kersee USA7.32Heike Drechsler GER7.29Larysa Berezhna URS7.11High jump1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jumpHeike Henkel GER2.05Yelena Yelesina URS1.98Inha Babakova URS1.96Shot put1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot putHuang Zhihong CHN20.83 Natalya Lisovskaya URS20.29Svetlana Krivelyova URS20.16Discus throw1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throwTsvetanka Khristova BUL71.02Ilke Wyludda GER69.12Larisa Mikhalchenko URS68.26Javelin throw1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throwXu Demei CHN68.78Petra Meier GER68.68Silke Renk GER66.80Heptathlon1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlonSabine Braun GER6672Liliana Năstase ROU6493Irina Belova URS6448 Note: * Indicates athletes who only ran in the preliminary round and also received medals. Medal table JPN 10 8 8 9 9 11 5 4 8 4 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 yes 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 BRA 1968 0 1 0 0 1 0 ETH 1991 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 See also 1991 in athletics (track and field) References External links IAAF 1991 Category:World Athletics Championships World Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Japan Category:August 1991 sports events in Japan Category:September 1991 sports events in Japan Category:1991 in Tokyo Category:Athletics in Tokyo Category:1991 in international sports